Miller Sparks Colgate Over Binghamton

HAMILTON, N.Y. – Courtney Miller
(Chappaqua, N.Y.) tied her season best with four goals and
Christina Roa (Potomac, Md.) saved a career-high 10 shots to pace
Colgate to a 13-6 victory over visiting Binghamton, Wednesday
evening in women’s lacrosse action at Tyler’s
Field.

With the decision, Colgate, now 8-3 overall, successfully avenged a
12-11 setback at the hands of the Bearcats during the 2008 season.
It marks the third time this year the Raiders have avenged a loss
against the same opponent from the previous year.

Trailing 2-1, Colgate scored three consecutive goals, two from
Colleen Bubnack (Syracuse, N.Y.) to grab the lead for good. After
the Bearcats cut the deficit to 4-3 at 10:45 of the opening half,
Colgate closed the final 5:19 of the half by scoring four
consecutive goals, two by Miller, to race into intermission with an
8-3 advantage.

The Raiders opened the second half with goals from Alex Kuntz
(Annapolis, Md.) and Miller at 27:44 and 24:56 respectively to move
the advantage to seven at 10-3. The cushion grew to as many as
eight at 13-5 with back-to-back goals by Ashley Didio (Syracuse,
N.Y.) within a 3:30 span.

Miller’s four-goal performance against the Bearcats tied her
previous season-high set at UC Davis last week. Roa, who made her
starting debut in net for the Raiders, saved four shots in the
opening half and six more in the second before being replaced with
eight minutes left. The freshman played a major part in stopping
all seven Binghamton free position shot attempts. Roa’s
former best was eight saves in a reserve role against Oregon, last
Saturday evening on the west coast.

Brie Moran (Little Silver, N.J.), Bubnack, and Didio all finished
with two goals. Bubnack added five assists to best her career-high
point total, formerly six set in the season-opener versus Stony
Brook. The sophomore’s five assists, not only broke a
personal best, but ranks tied for fifth on the all-time single-game
list at Colgate. She is now within one helper of moving on the
all-time top 10 assist list at Colgate.

The Bearcats, now 2-6 overall, were led by Kate Tesi’s
two-goal effort. Lis Zuern, Lisa Illig, and Ali Castiglie each
added a goal and an assist in the loss. Emily Miller made six saves
in the opening half before being replaced by Lauren Scott, who
tallied three stops in the final 30 minutes.

Colgate returns to action, Saturday afternoon as it travels to face
Navy in an important Patriot League clash between the top two
favorites in the league’s pre-season poll. The game is set
for a noon start in Annapolis and will be broadcasted live over CBS
College Sports.